Taher Aavā: Representations of Halgheh Mysticism For Mezzo-Soprano, Baritone and Orchestra

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dc.contributor.advisorDe Val, Dorothy
dc.contributor.advisorRapoport, Alexander
dc.contributor.authorSaberi, Haamed
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-07T11:13:07Z
dc.date.available2024-11-07T11:13:07Z
dc.date.copyright2024-06-10
dc.date.issued2024-11-07
dc.date.updated2024-11-07T11:13:06Z
dc.degree.disciplineMusic
dc.degree.levelDoctoral
dc.degree.namePhD - Doctor of Philosophy
dc.description.abstractThe subject of this dissertation is a series of movements for mezzo-soprano, baritone and orchestra that can be performed either as a whole or individually. The text is my original poems inspired by Halgheh mysticism (mysticism of the Ring), founded by Master Mohammad Ali Taheri. Halgheh mysticism conforms with the framework of Iran's native mysticism (Erfan) and is based on the connection to the Divine Consciousness (or the network of Inter-universal Consciousness). The poems are arranged in order to provide a sequence of poetical themes and musically feature alternating full orchestral settings with subsections. The structure of the poems themselves informs the structure of the individual movements, but the use of thematic repetition within instrumental movements is used to ensure thematic unity, much in the manner of a ritornello in the Western European classical tradition. The central tenets of Halgheh mysticism are firstly, that things that may seem superficially diverse are in fact joined by a deeper unity; and secondly, that the whole of an entity is reflected in its parts. Therefore, the pieces feature a juxtaposition of Iranian and Western musical traditions. In the first case Iranian and Western musical traditions are juxtaposed, especially Western scales and harmony with Iranian modes. In the second case the technique of composition around the bass line, a concept explained in the dissertation, is used, to reflect the concept of unity in the pieces. The musical language is a blend of Iranian classical music with European vocal and orchestral techniques, offering an alternative type of composition that not only marries Eastern and Western techniques but also reflects the concept of Iranian mysticism. Thus, the use of quarter tones is informed by classical Iranian music and its traditional modes, though some modifications have been made to the quarter tone scales to facilitate performance by Western orchestras and accommodate the harmonic system used in the work.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10315/42479
dc.languageen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectMusic
dc.subjectMusic education
dc.subjectLiterature
dc.subject.keywordsTaheri, Mohammad Ali
dc.subject.keywordsHalgheh mysticism
dc.subject.keywordsHalgheh approach
dc.subject.keywordsErfan e Halgheh
dc.subject.keywordsSaberi, Haamed
dc.subject.keywordsIranian orchestral music
dc.subject.keywordsIranian vocal music
dc.subject.keywordsIranian mystical music
dc.subject.keywordsIranian mysticism music
dc.subject.keywordsDastgah
dc.subject.keywordsRadif
dc.subject.keywordsTaher aava
dc.subject.keywordsTaher Kalaam
dc.subject.keywordsMezzo-soprano
dc.subject.keywordsBaritone
dc.subject.keywordsWestern classical orchestra
dc.subject.keywordsIranian music
dc.subject.keywordsMiddle east music
dc.subject.keywordsPersian music
dc.subject.keywordsIranian traditional music
dc.subject.keywordsIranian radif
dc.subject.keywordsPersian Dastgah music
dc.subject.keywordsMaqam
dc.subject.keywordsMuqam
dc.subject.keywordsMogum
dc.subject.keywordsRapoport, Alexander
dc.subject.keywordsde Val, Dorothy
dc.subject.keywordsVaziri, Ali-Naqi
dc.subject.keywordsFarhat, Shahin
dc.subject.keywordsDehlavi, Hossein
dc.subject.keywordsAlbar e Golpa
dc.subject.keywordsYahaghy, Parviz
dc.subject.keywordsEast and west fusion
dc.subject.keywordsErfan e Irani
dc.subject.keywordsMysticism of ring
dc.subject.keywordsGhazal
dc.subject.keywordsGhasideh
dc.subject.keywordsMasnavi
dc.subject.keywordsIranian literature
dc.subject.keywordsIranian poem
dc.subject.keywordsIran
dc.subject.keywordsIrani
dc.subject.keywordsIranian history
dc.subject.keywordsPersian history
dc.subject.keywordsMusic of middle east
dc.subject.keywordsBeethoven
dc.subject.keywordsWestern and eastern orchestra
dc.subject.keywordsGolha radio program
dc.subject.keywordsQuarter tones
dc.subject.keywordsMicro tones
dc.titleTaher Aavā: Representations of Halgheh Mysticism For Mezzo-Soprano, Baritone and Orchestra
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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